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I'm sure this has been covered, but searching for something as vague as たは has
it's complications given た's usage as a verb ending.

My question comes from the たは use in the following.

> あなたが **たは** 世の光です。
>
> (マタイ 5：14)

I'm not sure what to search for to find this grammatical construct: What's it
called and what does it mean in this context?

ありがとうございまう。


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Understanding たは:


It is あなた ("thou", second person pronoun) +
[[方]{がた}](https://jisho.org/word/%E6%96%B9-2) (honorific pluralizing suffix) +
は (topic particle).


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